New Species: Fish With “Hands”

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By Barry Ritholtz - May 27th, 2010, 10:30AM

 A file picture of a pink handfish in Australia, now recognized as a new species.

 A spotted handfish walks on a sandy seabed in a picture.

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Source:
Nine Fish With “Hands” Found to Be New Species
National Geographic, May 24, 2010

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100524-new-species-handfish-walk-science-pictures/

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5 Responses to “New Species: Fish With “Hands””

  1. beaufou Says:

    Quite ugly.

    There are other ugly interesting species.
    Dicks with heads:
    http://mauryk2.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/robert_rubin_alan_greenspan.jpg

  2. JustinTheSkeptic Says:

    Kind of like the banks – underwater and looking for a hand-out…

  3. Jojo Says:

    Doesn’t look like they have developed an opposable thumb yet, thought. Look out when that happens!

  4. ashpelham2 Says:

    Nice justintheskeptic! LOL.

    I was thinking that they are going to need those hands for crawling through all the damn oil.

  5. CitizenWhy Says:

    Looks a bit sneaky, like a US Senator or two.

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